UNIT 6.1 - EARLY ADULTHOOD Flashcards
A time for work and a time for love, sometimes leaving little time for anything else.
Early adulthood
True or False: Transition from adolescence to adulthood occurs from approximately 18 to 25 years of age
True
Emerging adulthood is a time during which key changes in identity take place for many individuals: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?
A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives
B. Identity exploration
Residential changes peak during early adulthood, a time during which instability also is common in love, work, and education: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?
A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives
A. Instability
Emerging adults “are self-focused in the sense that they have little in the way of social obligations: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?
A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives
C. Self-focused
Many emerging adults don’t consider themselves adolescents or full-fledged adults: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?
A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives
D. Feeling in-between
A time when individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?
A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives
True or False: Peak physical performance typically occurs between 19 and 26 for adulthood
True
Sustained exercise that stimulates heart and lung activity
Aerobic exercise
The pattern of behavior characterized by an overwhelming involvement with using a drug and a preoccupation with securing its supply
Addiction
Disorder that involves long-term, repeated, uncontrolled, compulsive, and excessive use of alcoholic beverages.
Alcoholism
Individual’s behavioral style and characteristic emotional responses
Temperament
True or False: Children who had an easy temperament at 3 to 5 years of age were likely to be well-adjusted as young adults.
True
True or False: Individuals who had an inhibited temperament in childhood are more likely to be assertive or experience social support and less likely to delay entering a stable job track.
False
Have a positive view of relationships and find it easy to get closer to others: this entails which attachment style?
Secure attachment style
Are hesitant about getting involved in romantic relationships: this entails which attachment style?
Avoidant attachment style
Demand closeness, are less trusting, more emotional, jealous, and possessive: this entails which attachment style?
Anxious attachment style
True or False: First impressions can have lasting effects and numerous studies have found that immediate impressions can be accurate.
True
Type of love that has strong components of sexuality and infatuation
Romantic love
Type of love that is based on a deep and caring affection; desires to have the other person near.
Affectionate love
The highest form of love
Consummate love
Sternberg’s triangle of love; passion is present, but intimacy and commitment are not.
Infatuation
Sternberg’s triangle of love; intimacy and commitment are present, but passion is not.
Affectionate love
Sternberg’s triangle of love; passion and commitment are present, but intimacy is not.
Fatuous love
Sternberg’s triangle of love; passion, commitment, and intimacy are all present.
Consummate Love
Adults that are living together without being married
Cohabiting adults
“Help them move away from being consumers by creating more effective work experiences” describes what suggestion for helping adolescents to become more mature on their way to adulthood
A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors
B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents
C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents
D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent
A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors
“Don’t protect them from criticism, constructive or negative” describes what suggestion for helping adolescents to become more mature on their way to adulthood
A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors
B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents
C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents
D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent
B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents
“Many adolescents deny that they need parental support or attachment to parents, but to help them develop maturity on the way to adulthood, they do” describes what suggestion for helping adolescents to become more mature on their way to adulthood
A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors
B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents
C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents
D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent
C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents
“Adults need to do fewer things for adolescents that they can accomplish for themselves” describes what suggestion for helping adolescents to become more mature on their way to adulthood
A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors
B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents
C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents
D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent
D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent
Transferring from the oldest and most powerful
group of students to the youngest and least
powerful group of students
Top-dog phenomenon
Peak physical performance typically occurs between __ and __.
A. 18 and 25
B. 19 and 26
C. 18 and 26
D. 19 and 25
B. 19 and 26
Muscle tone and strength usually begin to show signs of decline around age ___.
A. 30
B. 35
C. 29
D. 34
A. 30
True or False: Emerging adults have twice the mortality rate of adolescents, while males being mainly responsible for the increase
True
A serious and pervasive problem for many adults that is linked to an increased risk of hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases
A. Obesity
B. Dieting
C. Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
D. None of the above
A. Obesity
Engages in recurrent episodes of eating large
quantities of food, during which they feel a lack of
control over eating
A. Obesity
B. Dieting
C. Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
D. None of the above
C. Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
True or False: By the mid-20s, a reduction in alcohol and drug use often takes place
True
Getting generally intoxicated or drink before
going out and socializing or attending in an event
Pregaming
An active drug in cigarettes; a stimulant that
increases the smoker’s energy and alertness,
providing a pleasurable and reinforcing experience
Nicotine
The stereotyped pattern of role prescriptions for how individuals should behave sexually
Sexual Script
“Men are always ready for sex;
women inhibit their sexual
expression” describes which sexual script?
A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation
A. Sex drive
“Men have a physical approach to sex; women have an emotional/relational approach” describes which sexual script?
A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
“Men and women should be sexually skilled and knowledgeable” describes which sexual script?
A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation
C. Sexual Performance
“Men initiate sex; Women are gatekeepers” describes which sexual script?
A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
“Single women who appear sexual are judged negatively” describes which sexual script?
A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation
E. Sexual Evaluation
More common in emerging adulthood; “Hooking up” to have non-relationship sex
Casual Sex
Type of casual sex which involves a relationship formed by the integration of friendship and sexual intimacy without an explicit commitment characteristic of an exclusive romantic relationship
Friends With Benefits (FWB)
Caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; spread by contact between infected moist membranes (genital, oral-genital, or anal-
genital) of two individuals.
A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphilis
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts
A. Gonorrhea
Caused by the bacterium Treponema
pallidum; The sore can be on the externals, vagina, or anus. Later, a skin rash breaks out on palms of hands and bottom of feet.
A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphilis
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts
B. Syphilis
A common STI named for the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, an organism that spreads by sexual contact and infects the genital organs of both sexes.
A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphili
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts
C. Chlamydia
Caused by a family of viruses with different strains. Involves an eruption of sores and blisters. Spread by sexual contact
A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphili
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts
D. Genital Herpes
Semen and blood are the main vehicles of transmission. Common symptoms include fevers, night sweats, weight loss, chronic fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes
A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphili
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts
E. AIDS
Usually appear as small, hard painless
bumps in the vaginal area, or around the
anus. Very contagious. Certain high-risk
types of this virus cause cervical cancer and
other genital cancers.
A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphili
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts
F. Genital Warts
Forcible sexual intercourse with a person who does not give consent
Rape
Coercive sexual activity directed at someone with whom the perpetrator is at least casually acquainted
Date or acquaintance rape
The following are characteristics of a rapist except?
A. Aggression enhances their sense of power or masculinity
B. Depression
C. Angry at women in general
D. They want to hurt and humiliate their victims
B. Depression
A manifestation of power of one person over another
Sexual harassment
“Young adults engage in solving problems” describes what Postformal Thought?
A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual
B. Provisional
C. Realistic
D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion
A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual
“Young adults become more skeptical about the truth and seem unwilling to accept an answer as final” describes what Postformal Thought?
A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual
B. Provisional
C. Realistic
D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion
B. Provisional
“Thinking cannot always be abstract; must be realistic and pragmatic” describes what Postformal Thought?
A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual
B. Provisional
C. Realistic
D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion
C. Realistic
“Recognized as being influenced by emotion” describes what Postformal Thought?
A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual
B. Provisional
C. Realistic
D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion
D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion
An ingrained cultural belief that engaging in hard work for long hours through adulthood will lead to status, security, and happiness
Career mystique
What are the seven principles of a working marriage?
Establishing love maps; Nurturing fondness and admiration; Turning toward each other instead of away; Letting your partner influence you; Solving solvable conflicts; Overcoming gridlock; Creating shared meaning
What are the six common pathways after divorce?
The enhancers; the good-enoughs; the seekers; the libertness; the competent loners; the defeated
